Cheap Arse Gaffer (Euro Gaming) Thread 2 - Add to your backlog with ease

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Damn, the Kirby Wii/DS games keep the value. Is that normal?:D

And Tales of the Abyss. Is the game great? I dont know if I should buy it now or wait and test my luck :)
 
I think Tales of the Abyss is excellent. I wouldn't risk waiting on a price drop, if only because tales of games are renowned for becomming rare and high priced due to small print runs.
 
Ronian said:
Damn, the Kirby Wii/DS games keep the value. Is that normal?:D

And Tales of the Abyss. Is the game great? I dont know if I should buy it now or wait and test my luck :)
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Nintendo games always keep their high prices :( Donkey Kong Country Returns is still basically launch price.
 
Ronian said:
I know but games that dont sell well drop. Kirby games dont sell in Europe?
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Kirby games just kind of vanish, I consider it quite amazing that Epic Yarn even managed to reach a low price point for a brief period, the kirby cycle usually has the game retain its price, have one minor drop and then vanish from stock.
Speaking of which I should get around to Mass Attack at some point.
 
I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Jersey and Guernsey lost their court case to try and keep the LVCR VAT loophole the other week, which means that after 1st April they will no longer be able to avoid paying tax for items less than £18.00 (Lowered to £15.00 since November):-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17375046
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/channel-islands-lose-vat-loophole-court-challenge/092842
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/hmv-exits-channel-islands-and-returns-to-uk/093338

This will especially affect The Hut/Zavvi, Play.com, 'Amazon's Preferred Merchant' Indigostarfish (Which is basically Amazon Jersey by another name) and any other retailer based there, and it will likely mean UK game prices will rise a fair bit after the 1st April.

I'm sure the removal of LVCR is the reason Play.com is having a '1 DAY DEALS' and MyMemory is offering '25% Off Everything', since they want to sell as much stock as possible before VAT kicks in.
 
Link83 said:
I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Jersey and Guernsey lost their appeal to keep the LVCR VAT loophole the other week, which means that after 1st April they will no longer be able to avoid paying tax for items less than £18.00 (Lowered to £15.00 since November):-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17375046
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/channel-islands-lose-vat-loophole-court-challenge/092842
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/hmv-exits-channel-islands-and-returns-to-uk/093338

This will especially affect The Hut/Zavvi, Play.com, 'Amazon's Preferred Merchant' Indigostarfish (Which is basically Amazon Jersey by another name) and any other retailer based there, and it will likely mean UK game prices will rise a fair bit after the 1st April.

I'm sure the removal of LVCR is the reason Play.com is having a '1 DAY DEALS' and MyMemory is offering '25% Off Everything', since they want to sell as much stock as possible before VAT kicks in.
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If MyMemory actually expect to sell games with prices like £56.18 for FIFA Street, they need to take a look at their pricing strategy.
 
Ronian said:
Damn, the Kirby Wii/DS games keep the value. Is that normal?:D

And Tales of the Abyss. Is the game great? I dont know if I should buy it now or wait and test my luck :)
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I lucked out, and got Mass Attack and Wii Adventure in the Game blowout sales a couple of weeks ago. If you see them in stock anywhere, just buy them man. They won't drop in price.
 
Binary Domain fucking bought! Well, as soon as I'm home anyway, I tried to place the order through my iPhone and for some reason it's nor working.

Really looking forward to play this.
 
I can't believe I missed it before, but is resident evil revelations 20 anywhere right now? I'm not sure I can hold out much longer, my 3ds is ready for a new game.
 
Anyone thinking the prices will stay for a while like that? Want to get BD/Amalur and MGS. But right now I am waiting for the PS3 version of MGS to drop so that I can use my 10% off on all 3 together.
 
moogrose said:
I can't believe I missed it before, but is resident evil revelations 20 anywhere right now? I'm not sure I can hold out much longer, my 3ds is ready for a new game.
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£30 seem to be the best now - Amazon, UK, Zavvi, and Hut have all knocked it back up. It was £18 a few days ago, and will again - just wait a few days. You can wait!!
 
Wow, Zavvi are really bringing the specials today! What's the difference between the limited and the ultimate editions of the MGS collections? Looked at the descriptions and I couldn't see any difference.

And I was kind of hoping that they would have burnt through their Vita stock, so damn tempting.
 
Kinda want BD at that price. But I want it on PC :(

Link83 said:
I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Jersey and Guernsey lost their court case to try and keep the LVCR VAT loophole the other week, which means that after 1st April they will no longer be able to avoid paying tax for items less than £18.00 (Lowered to £15.00 since November):-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17375046
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/channel-islands-lose-vat-loophole-court-challenge/092842
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/hmv-exits-channel-islands-and-returns-to-uk/093338

This will especially affect The Hut/Zavvi, Play.com, 'Amazon's Preferred Merchant' Indigostarfish (Which is basically Amazon Jersey by another name) and any other retailer based there, and it will likely mean UK game prices will rise a fair bit after the 1st April.

I'm sure the removal of LVCR is the reason Play.com is having a '1 DAY DEALS' and MyMemory is offering '25% Off Everything', since they want to sell as much stock as possible before VAT kicks in.
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Awwww that sucks :(
 
Does anyone have any idea where I can pick up Kirby Power Paintbrush for a decent price?

New copies are expensive and even pre-owned copies are not exactly cheap.

I already have the Japan iteration of the game but would like to be able to play it without the language issue.

I bought a pre-owned copy from Amazon but was sent the US release. They were good about refunding me though.
 
woo and indeed hoo said:
Does anyone have any idea where I can pick up Kirby Power Paintbrush for a decent price?

New copies are expensive and even pre-owned copies are not exactly cheap.

I already have the Japan iteration of the game but would like to be able to play it without the language issue.

I bought a pre-owned copy from Amazon but was sent the US release. They were good about refunding me though.
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PlayTrade seems to have a good one for £15 - third down
http://www.play.com/Games/DS/4-/667444/Kirby-Power-Paintbrush/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=2

He seem to have priced it the same as the other ones listed, even though the two above has stuff missing. Seems to be a good price for for the whole thing (a US one sold on eBay for the same price)

New seller though, so no rating to back the sale up :/
 
.nimrod said:
Awesome, bought!
I was looking at the on demand version, but that costs an insanely 70 euros (almost 60 pounds)
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I honestly don't understand the logic behind the pricing that service.

If they even attempted to do Steam like sales (regular sub £10 on some items), I would go out and buy the (rip off) 320GB HDD and start building a digital collection of buying games right away.
 
Link83 said:
I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Jersey and Guernsey lost their court case to try and keep the LVCR VAT loophole the other week, which means that after 1st April they will no longer be able to avoid paying tax for items less than £18.00 (Lowered to £15.00 since November):-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17375046
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/channel-islands-lose-vat-loophole-court-challenge/092842
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/hmv-exits-channel-islands-and-returns-to-uk/093338

This will especially affect The Hut/Zavvi, Play.com, 'Amazon's Preferred Merchant' Indigostarfish (Which is basically Amazon Jersey by another name) and any other retailer based there, and it will likely mean UK game prices will rise a fair bit after the 1st April.

I'm sure the removal of LVCR is the reason Play.com is having a '1 DAY DEALS' and MyMemory is offering '25% Off Everything', since they want to sell as much stock as possible before VAT kicks in.
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Meh, it'll barely make a difference.
 
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